Biden to Breonna Taylor protesters: 'No violence'

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden asked people protesting the Breonna Taylor decision not to resort to violence.

Biden, in Charlotte, North Carolina on Wednesday, said: "My heart goes out to Breonna Taylor's mom. The last thing she needs is to see violence in the streets, so protest peacefully, no violence."

Protests began earlier Wednesday in Louisville, Kentucky when a grand jury brought no charges against Louisville police for Taylor's death.

Taylor, an emergency medical worker who was Black, was shot multiple times by white officers who entered her home during a narcotics investigation last March.

Prosecutors said two officers who fired their weapons at Taylor were justified in using force to protect themselves after they faced gunfire from her boyfriend.

The only charges were three counts of wanton endangerment against fired Officer Brett Hankison for shooting into a home next to Taylor's with people inside.

Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron said that while the officers had a no-knock warrant, the investigation showed they announced themselves before entering.

The warrant used to search her home was connected to a suspect who did not live there, and no drugs were found inside.

Protesters took to the streets after the decision and authorities said two officers were shot and wounded.

Interim Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder said a suspect was in custody but did not offer details about whether that person was participating in the demonstrations.

He says both officers are expected to recover, and one is undergoing surgery.